Babies Born May 2007 #8

Quick one here - just wanted to say :hugs: Lulu - you will be fine hun, we women are amazing at what we cope with. You will cope with it hun, you will carry her on your growing belly, you will have cuddles around and on your belly like you and DH did before Iz was born, she will learn to kiss and cuddle it as she gets a bit bigger, and you can climb the stairs on your bot to make sure you dont fall down when you are huge! ;) Seriously though hun it will be hard as you get bigger and it will be tough when you have Ned and Izzy but you will love them both soooo much and you wont want it any other way hun and they will be the best of friends. I can understand why you are feeling like this and you can whinge all you like whenever you like:hug:

Wow this is an effort catching up on everyones posts! But I think I'm done! Just thought I'd tell you all a bit about me since I feel like I know you all now after reading so many posts!

My name is Jen and my DH is Sean. We have an almost 5 month old baby girl called Mackenzie(OMG i can't write newborn anymore :( I am hopeless at typing and always have trouble typing what I mean to say, so sorry in advance for sometimes making spelling errors and bad grammar!

We will TTC again soon and putting in an order for a boy, although I would LOVE another girl , but DH would to try for a son if you girls know of any tricks (iykwim) to increase our chances I'd be interested in hearing them! Don't get me wrong I won't be disappointed with a girl and to be honest having a boy would be so strange because I'm so used to having girls!

This thread seems like a very freindly and chatty place so I look forward to getting to know everyone !

sezjm: I have been *demand* caring for Kenzie since she was born and heaven knows I have had a lot of comments like "your making a rod for your own back ... your spoiling her ... you'll regret this bleh bleh" If shes hungry I feed her sometimes it will be every 30 minutes then she'll go 5-6 hours without it. She loves her mummy boobie sometimes just for comfort not necessarily for a drink iykwim. I never leave her crying and I have co slept with her since birth .. although now she is transitioning to her own cot and loving it .. she has *just taken a dummy which helps alot. So I think what your doing with Nicholas (who is just gorgous btw) is fantastic and will nurture the close bond between you two!

Dan: I had a look at your gallery and I just love the one of Olivia sitting on the couch grinning from ear to ear. She looks like a very happy bubba. I also noticed you have a jolly jumper .. how is it attached to the ceiling? Is it safe and secure? I'd love to get Kenzie one for chirstmas. My DH and your DH would probably get along like a house on fire ... well if they got off the computer that is! My DH's routine: work .. come home ... sit on computer playing games usually WOW and talking over the head set thing ... getting off when I call him for dinner ... eat while playing with laptop in lounge ... back to computer ... ask if im interested in sex ... goes to bed ... get up go to work. IT DRIVES ME NUTS! I actually did say something to him and he now spends some time with Kenzie after dinner but sometimes I feel like my husband is having an affiar with the dam game!

Hayley: My thoughts are with you trying to overcome PND. I suffer from PND Anxiety. If you ever need a chat the BB forums are a great place to turn to. I have has heaps of support here and also to take your mind off life and have some "me" time. I don't know how you manage being away from your DS, it must be reallllly difficult :( Good on you for getting to the gym! That has been on my too do list for 10 years LOL. How slack am I.

Lulu: Thanks for th warm welcome and ~wow~ I just noticed your pregnant again! Are you b/f? We are TTC asap but AF is no where in sight :/ Congratulations! Mackenzie is also enjoying kicking in her little summer outfits, she is no where near as grizzly as she used to be, I don't think she liked having her feet in the all in one suits .. but thats just a guess :) Great news about the scan that is a fantastic result for the Downs ratio, I remember having all these tests done ... it seems so long ago now!

Danni: Danni poor little Mason. Is he still sick with a cold? Have you tried putting a vapouriser in the room to help him breath at night?

Ashlee: Congrats on blakes 6 month birthday!! On Kenzies I think we'll celebrate with some nice cheesecake! Any excuse :)

Tan: Izzys photos in your gallery are just beautiful! I love the black and whites. Not sure if Izzy is sleeping better now but I read that she "startles" in her sleep then wakes up? Mackenzie used to do that too (and still does) I ended up wrapping her with her arms out. That fixed the problem for us! Also when I wrap her just a cotton one at the moment, it sends the message that its bed time! What on earth is Tweddle!?!?

Kristen: I had a sticky beak at Mia's Website and it is just BEAUTIFUL! What a precious keepsake to have as she grows up. The photos are just brilliant, you can really tell they are taken by someone who knows what they are doing. Are you a photographer?

Kelly: I really can sympathise with the sleeping through the night issue. On average Kenzie gets up for a feed 4-5 times a night! I am so lucky to be a SAHM so I can get some sleep during the day. She just hasn't got the idea that when its night it sleep time .. she almost 5 months and I'm still waiting - just getting up once would be nice! Luke looks like he could be the identical twin of a little boy I looked after when I was working in child care .. very freaky!

Lee: Hello! Thank you for the welcome! You little ethyn is only 5 days older than my Kenzie! They do grow up soooo quickly its rather scary ... enjoy every second! I have a Nappy bag I got from a baby shop, its an espirit one lots of compartment etc etc tbh I've never used it! I just usually through a nappy and wipes in my handbag .. one of these day I'm going to get caught out with a magapoo and need spare clothes .. so I should get organised huh!

Michelle: I'm with you on the glass of wine! I so miss my red wine :(

Jane:Hi Jane .. I love the name Ella! It was on the short list for our DD, but I wanted Taylah for a middle name and Ella Taylah was a little too rhyming for my DH's (very picky) taste. Hmm anyway! Ella sounds like a delightful little girl, it very cute listening to the babbles isnt it? Is she feeling better now and over her cold?

Jan: Julian sounds like he is in a great night time routine. Kenzie is so random I never know when she is going to wake up!

Aniejade: Thanks for welcoming me! I voted for Khai (gorgous name btw .. if we have a boy next I'll metion this to DH! I also don't mind Khya) I hope you win!!

Hello!!

Jen - Wow, I'm so impressed by your post, I can hardly keep up in here atm!!! Doesn't help that I've been really busy out and about again lately!! Anyway, it's great to have a few new people join our wonderful group!!! The more the merrier I think, just don't expect me to be able to keep up and do personals all the time - LOL!!!

Lulu - Oh hun, please try not to worry, you'll be fine - I just know it. As Tan said, our bodies are amazing and I'm sure all those wonderful hormones will settle down and help you get through everything!! Try and just take each day as it comes and remember how quickly it goes??? Big hugs to you and you know we are all here for you (and I'm physically in the same town, so if I can do anything to help, please let me know - and I really mean that)!!!

Kristen - OMG, Mia is soooo cleaver - I can't believe it. Luke is almost sitting up too but he's nowhere near saying any words!!!! How wonderful!!

Sorry, but I can't handle any more personals, I'm really tired again today too. The last few nights Luke has decided to wake at 2.55am excactly - sooo strange. Anyway from then, it's a real struggle to settle him. He doesn't appear to be hungry and is pretty much asleep but then starts crying again for no reason. I'm wondering if its the start of teething for him?? He seems much happier when I pick him up and will fall back asleep but as soon as I put him down, he squirms around again and just isn't happy!! I've been taking him back to bed with me to get an extra hour or so but I'm worried that he'll just start expecting that and keep doing it just to get in our bed with us, so I'm reluctant to keep going. Its just really weird. So this morning, I got him back to sleep until 4.15am and that was it. I was pretty much up from then. At about 6.30am DH bought him into our bed with us and I didn't feed him at 7am, so I'm sure he wasn't hungry!!

Not to worry, we'll get there. I think we're going to start solids tomorrow morning. Luke is soooo ready for it. I gave him a spoon to play with this morning and he was going nuts trying to eat it!!!! I've read that you should introduce the rice cereal after a feed in the morning but won't he already be full???? I guess not! And is it alright to start it first thing, so after the 7am feed??

Should be fun.

Kelly xxx

hey jen, where are you moving to in melb? Kristen is now a photographer and im sure she would love to take some pics for you!

Mason has a cough at the moment but he doesnt seem to be coughing over night though?

he has been in his JJ for almost an hour now and he has spewed 5 times. Oops! better go rescue him

Kelly - we started rice cereal yesterday -Izzy was doing the same thing! She swallowed about a 1/4 of a teaspoon spat out and gagged heaps but had great fun!! I gave it to her after her feed and made it relaxed and fun! Videoed it for Al as he misses out poor boy :) She held the spoon shoved it in her mouth and spat out the rice cereal and chewed on the spoon! Today she didnt swallow any and didnt let me put hardly any in her mouth so I just stopped. I figure by 6 mths she will be ready to really eat!! Im going to give her the cereal once a day for the next week. Then will go to twice a day and Im not introducing anything else until she is 6 mths!
Hope that helps hun! Hard to know what to do really!

Tan and Kelly - thanks so much girls. I know it will be ok - bit late now to worry about how to cope isn't it!!! I just hate the thought of missing out on time with Izzy. She's growing so fast and I just know I'm going to turn around one day and she'll be all grown up.

Kelly - naughty Luke for waking up. Good on you for starting solids. I've been toying with it too - bought some rice cereal a week ago but haven't got up to it yet. I gave Izzy some avocado the other day and she had a lovely time with it - never knew a single teeny piece of avocado could stretch so far!! She didn't eat much but I guess at this stage its as much about exploring food as eating it.

Tan - that sounds like a good start for Izzy on her cereal. I guess it will take a while for them to get the hang of it all. I'm actually looking forward to the 6 month stage so we can get started properly.

Jen - I stopped breastfeeding when Izzy was 13 weeks but never got AF. They're quite right when they say you ovulate first!!! Maybe when Kenzie starts on solids and you're not feeding quite as much AF will make a return?

Kelly, if you like, wait about 20-30 mins after Luke's morning feed so it's had a chance to settle....then he might be more interested IYKWIM? And yeah, you can feed him whatever time you like. He doesn't know that the rest of us eat cereal in the morning LOL!

I tried to start Nicky on solids last week as I thought he was really ready, but I guess not. I tried for three days with homemade rice cereal, and by the third day he really wasn't interested. I gave him a break for a few days then I tried him with some pumpkin yesterday, but again he just pushed it out, made faces and generally wasn't into it. I'll just try once a week or so until he seems keen.

Sez - Iz was like that today with the cereal! I figure I will try each day for a bit and leave it at that if she wants to play and swallow some - great! If not, then thats easier for me too because I have more time without having to prepare her meals :lol:

Hope you all well - will be back after I post my pram on ebay! Weeeee!!

Hi Everyone!

Has been a bit hard to keep up lately!! Everytime I get on there is a new page of posts!! Ok, I will attempt a quick go at personals while Angus is asleep!

Welcome Jen! Good Luck on trying for no. 3! It is possible to get a boy- we did, after 2 girls! The only thing diffrent we did when TTC for a boy was only dtd at ovulation. I brought ovulation testing kits and when it went pink which meant you were going to ovulate within 24hrs, we dtd, only once, then waited,... Apparently boys are faster swimmers and reach the eggs first!! Who knows, I think you have a 50 50 chance, so good luck!!! Was weird dealing with danglies though after 2 girls!! Oh, and no AF yet here, the girls were around 11/12 months when I got AF previously.

Tan, good luck selling the pram!! I have one to sell on e-bay also when I pull my finger out and get around to it! I had the whole seat/bassinette thing, annoyed the hell out of me so I brought a P&T so my 3 yr old can shop happily also!!

Kelly, I hope Luke settles down for you and sleeps some more!! Good luck with the solids. I have tried Angus the last 5 days or so, and I have to say he is a pig!! Loves anything that comes near his mouth. He had rice cereal the first few days, last night he had sweetcorn and ate so much I thought he would pop!! I feed him about 5/6pm cause thats when my milk seems to be at its lowest and he wants to feed more, so I thought we would start with a meal then! Also in the morning our house is a little crazy!!

Lulu - How are you feeling?? Hope the ms and tiredness eases up, nothing worse than wanting to sleep all day!!

AnieJade, i like the popart of Khai - is very cute. My vote has been added!! I have never seen anything like that before - very cool!!

Kristen, love the videos!! What a clever girl!! Mia is just adorable!! How is the business set up going??

Dan, hope evrything in your house is getting better!! My Dh is the same, although not as bad!! He is always on the PS2, thank god we dont have a PS3 yet!! But I have to admit I spend a fair amount of time on here and Facebook, so I cant complain too much!!!! But does give me the s*%ts when kids are screaming and dinner needs to be cooked and he is on the PS.

Oh, My boy is awake, so much for personals!! I have been trying to sort out washing and stuff all day, my DH has just come back form a business trip to China so his dirty washing is evrywhere!! Girls were excited to get lots of pressies, they both love hello kitty so got shirts and watches and stuff. All very cheap over there as either fakes or stolen!! I got 2 Louis Vuitton handbags and a purse and keyring and do you believe TEN watches!! What a dag, I gave some to my family and have kept 6 cause I liked them all!! Who needs 6 watches - but my DH has never brought me much jewellery so I cant complain!! Anyway, take care evryone!!

*Michelle*

*****Bumpity bumping Kristens post!*****

So far its Kristen, Danni and I!
Sez or any other Melbournites gonna come?? Come on ladies!! It'll be fun I promise coz I will be there :P
Interstaters we will have cardboard cutouts of you!!

Hey everyone!!

Just a very quick one from me. I am organising a Melbourne catch up for those who are interested. After being inspired by my gorgeous picnic in Williamstown with my g/f the other weekend, and with this beautiful weather, I want to organise another one!

So, let me know if you're interested and want to come! So far we have Tan and I.... so who else?

Date: Monday 5 November 2007
Time: 12 noon
Location: Williamstown - the park near the water in the centre of town. We will meet on the grass near the big rotunda.

If you don't have my email let me know. Once we know who is coming, we'll alocate picnic food between us and have a lovely picnic lunch to share with everyone!

:lol: Cant wait to see my cardboard cutout Tan haha :lol:

Danni - how did Mason go? Is he feeling any better? And more to the point, how are you going?

Jen - Hello and welcome! Lovely to have you join us here. Yes, I've just started doing photography professionally, and as Danni has said, if you're after someone once you move to Melbourne, I'd love to do so! PM me your email address and I will send you some pricing info! :)

Lee - haha yeah, true, but I think she's a while off knowing what it means, still it's pretty funny! :lol:

Lulu - you will be so fine hon, you will do it brilliantly! As you know from being pregnant last time, you just adapt! You will wonder what you had to worry about! And, you've always got DH on hand too!

Kelly - I'm so sorry you've had such a rought time with Luke lately. Hopefully he might improve now that you're starting him on solids?? I hope so hon!

Tan - OMG, I didn't know you started Iz on solids already!! Eek, am I last one to start solids?? Mia is 6 months next month and I wasn't starting until then, but I think I'm the last! LOL How is she going??

Sez - good luck with the feeding! Persistence is the key I'm sure!

Michelle - OMG at all of the stuff he brought back!! hahahaaa ah well, at least you know you always have some on hand in case any break! ;)

Any others for the Melbourne meetup or is it just Danni, Tan and I??

Well, my little Miss Mia is such a show off. She thinks she's hot sh*t now that she can say dada - it's quite funny!!

I got some better video footage of her today so I made a short compilation of her talking from the last few days which is here: YouTube - Mia's first word She makes me laugh so much!!!

I'd love to come girls, but that's cup weekend isnt' it? DH will be home, and Williamstown is a loooooong way from us, so it would mean being out all day. He works really long hours so I try to be around on the long weekends etc. We might even go down to the beach house. If it's not cup weekend though I'll be there!

Kristen- that video is gorgeous!! I'd be wondering where Mama is too! :lol: What video program do you use for editing? Our camera is only a few months old but I hate the program we got with it.
I only decided to start rice yesterday with Iz because she spent the last 4 days watching everything I put in my mouth, reaching out her hands and making noises with her mouth. Like I said - today was pretty non-eventful so I just put it away and will try again tomorrow or Friday! Im not in any huge rush, but I felt that she was showing an interest so I'd start. She has eczema so Im not starting anything other than cereal for the next few weeks!

ETA: Oooh I didnt realise it was Cup Weekend. :( It looks like DH has the day off - so maybe we could change the day Kristen and then Sez could come too!!

Oh you don't have to change it for me!!!!!!!!!!

I don't mind if we change it! How about the 9th (Friday) instead?

Tan - it's just Windows Movie Maker, that last vid only took 10 mins to put together. It's very easy to use!

Thats ok Sez!! 9th sounds good to me!!

Aha- All my files are saved as winamp files though - so now back to working out how to change that so WMM will recognise it! Thanks hun !

I'm going into hospital today to have a operation to have a breast lump removed, I'm a bit nervous and can't sleep. I was like this when they induced me the night before too when I was having Mackenzie. I just don't like hospitals! I have 9 bottles of frozen EBM and my MIL is here to help out so I have nothing to worry about my kids are in good hands! I'm just a worrier at the best of times!

Tan - Kenzie did the same thing to me watching everything I put in my mouth, I felt guilty not sharing sometimes! I just give her 2 teaspoons at lunch time and then she goes nuts trying to eat the spoon heheh. Sometimes shes interested sometimes not and spits it out, its all a learning experience for them I guess!

Michelle - I have heard all that DTD at ovulation before so we'll give it a good go when I get AF back, I just started Kenzie on solids so hopefully that might help bring her back!

Kelly - I have had insomnia of late so sitting reading BB when everyone has gone to bed and the house is all quiet is just blissful! Thank you for the warm welcome, how are the solids going?!?!

Wish me luck for my op!

:heartbeat:
Jen

Jen - I hope everything goes well today, you poor thing, Im exactly the same - I hate op's but as you said you are in good hands hun. Good luck. :hug:

hey guys just quickly...at this stage i wont be able to come on the monday as i am going to sleep school. I will be home by the friday but thats my last weekday i have to finalise masons christening which is that sunday!

so please count me out but have a cardboard cutout of me too.

had a shocking night last night and neither of us are coping well. off to do some shopping in hope of some happiness

Just a quick pop in to see what happening, just about to put Ethyn to bed and have a shower.

All the best for you op today Jen:)

Jen - All the best for the op today - Im sure everything is going wonderfully well. I'm a worrier too, so I know what you mean!!! Take care.

Danni - Hope the shopping trip is a huge success - nothing like some retail therapy when you're not feeling too good!!

Sorry for the quick one, Luke basically missed his morning sleep, so its been crazy around here, the house is a mess!!!

Well, we started Luke on some rice cereal this morning and he absolutely LOVED it!!! He ate the whole lot!!! I just made up one teaspoon, as per the instructions but I put nearly double the amount of milk, so it was quite runny. I defrosted some ebm that I've still got in the freezer and used that. He couldn't get enough of it and took to it better than I could of hoped for. Didn't even screw up his face or spit any out, it just went straight down!! I won't make it as runny tomorrow and see how we go!! It was great.

We had a REALLY good night last night too - Luke went down at 8pm and woke just before 4am. I only had to get up twice before he went back to sleep until 5.30am - then that was it!!! I'm bloody happy with that. Now if only he could keep doing it - he's sooo up and down atm.

Better go. Hope everyone is well.

Kelly xxx

Can whoever stole my beautiful, content, happy baby please give her back and take the monster they left in her place with them??? Izzy had been a crabby, grumpy nightmare since 6.15 am - no sleeps, completely unable to be put down without screaming the place down. Horrible child she has been. Don't know why because it doesn't seem that she is in any pain whatsoever. Full moon? Humid weather? God help us when she has PMT!!!

Kelly - Thats great that Luke loved his rice cereal. We haven't put Ethyn on solids yet, I don't think he's ready, he's still going about 4 - 4.5 hours between feeds and seems happy with what he's getting

Lulu - Hopefully its just a phase she is going thru and you get your little girl back today!! :)

Danni - How was last night with Mason? Hope you got some great bargains when you went shopping!!!

:hello: to everyone else, hope your bubbas are being good!!

I got Ethyn weighed on Wednesday, he now weighs 7.59 kg and is 65cm long. Over the past 6 weeks he is averaging 100gms a week, so I think thats pretty good, although everyone calls him chubby!!! Which is frustrating because he is on the average line, so how can that make him big!!
I have dropped out a bottle for him, but have increased his other 4 bottles. We got to the point where we were struggling to get his 5th bottle in, and sometimes it wasn't until 11pm at night. So by increasing his bottles I have also increased the time between each feed. Day one was yesterday and it went well! Would I have to decrease the size of his bottles when I introduce solids?

oh lulu: im sorry i have no advice. Just remember some of us are in the same boat and know exactly how you feel day in and day out :(

shopping was good..until i realised our bank balance is diminishing too quickly :(

Lee: Ethyn cant be on the average line at 4 months. Mason is just on the average line and he was 7.3kg at SIX months??

Last night was pretty good. I only had to resettle him 5 times in the cot and didnt have to pick him up until 5am where we slept on the couch until 9am. I cant believe it. NOrmally we are up at 6!

Danni - glad you had a better night last night hun. Shopping is good therapy in one way and bad in others isnt it?!

Lulu- you poor thing. These little cheeky monkeys just test us to the limits dont they. I guess the one consolation is that each day/night is so different. Ive finally accepted that I wont be getting my 12 hour nights back for a loooong time and if I have to hold/feed her to sleep then so be it. I wont be able to do when she is much bigger, and now that Ive accepted it, Ive relaxed more and if anything since then she has improved too. Its like she picked up on me being stressed and upset. :( Anyway not sure any of that helps :hugs: Have to say though I had a little giggle at the PMT comment PMSL - I cant imagine!!

Lee - Ethyn sounds like a healthy thriving boy! Dont worry about peoples comments or even those lines!! Most are based on US charts anyway!! If he is happy and healthy who cares!! Once you start solids initially hun, you dont actually replace a feed, rather you add it after a feed. I think after a few weeks you then drop the feed, once they are getting enough nutirition from the solids to replace the feed if that makes sense! Does your MCH centre run any solids classes?? Ours do so it might be worthwhile finding out about them.

Kelly - Yay for Luke! What a clever man! Izzy still makes a face like Im feeding her dirt so I dont give her too much or push her to eat it, although she moved it around her mouth alot today and actually swallowed a bit more -maybe 1/2 a teaspoon! Ah well! :clap: on his sleeping too hun! Are you finding you are able to sleep as well now!?? Izzy is waking 2 times a night on average. The hardest thing for me at the moment is that the time varies every night! Arrggh, at least she goes straight back to sleep after her feed.

Jen - I hope your op went really well hun and you are home safe and recovering quickly :hug:

:hello: to everyone else!!!!

Well we are just fine and dandy!! I posted about my glass incident in the general chatter section but OMG there was glass all over my kitchen when I dropped a heavy glass lid that shattered!!! Izzy was in her bouncer and Im not kidding there wasnt a speck of glass on her or the bouncer she was in! Can you believe that - it literally looked like a shield was around her. I should have taken a photo coz you could almost see the glass going around her and the bouncer. I still cant believe it - I feel sick at the thought of what might have been.

I also found a gorgeous friend from high school on FB!! We lost contact over the years (13!!) but are so glad to have found each other again. She has a little boy who is 2 weeks younger than Izzy but she lost a little boy 15 minutes after birth, before Ethan was born, poor thing, I cant imagine. She lives in Brissy so I might have to convince Al that we need a holiday!!

Well this has turned into a novel so I had better go - getting my hair done today - whoo hoo!!
Catch all of you gorgeous girls later on!! xoxo

Danni - glad you enjoyed the shopping. Its a pity about the bank balance isn't it. Its depressing when you see how quickly the credit card adds up.

Lee - I'm with Tan - ignore what people say. So long as your little man is healthy then so what. There will alway be bigger bubbies (Ethyn) and smaller babies (Izzy).

Tan - I know what you mean about going with the flow, and I have to admit I'm enjoying cuddling her to sleep at the moment - I know those days are numbered as she gets bigger and heavier. We're taking my own advice this morning and heading to the shops - she loves all the lights and things so she'll be fine there (and I can follow Danni's lead)

Hello,

Just a quick one from me and will get on here later on to do personals. Julian turned 6 months on Wednesday! We were really excited about it, at times it feels like the months has gone by so slowly, then other times it feels like it has flown by. Julian gave his daddy a special and said 'dadda' right on his 6 month birthday. He now says it constantly, it is quite funny watching him. I think he thinks it is a new game. He says mamamama only when he is crying and beside himself so there is hope for me yet.

He is guzzling down his baby cereal and I have tried pears and he loves that too. I find it fun feeding him as he smiles for most of it and babbles. I'm sure that won't last! How do we go out now that we feed them solids without giving them food poisoning? Any tips? I have a cooler bag but do we pop the food in there from the fridge or freezer? So confused!!! And just thinking of adding meat later down the track is giving me a headache. I read about grating while the meat was frozen or something?

Anyway sorry for the selfish post but I had to share. Since he turned six months it's like a switch was flipped and he is a different boy. It's just amazing. I'll be back later for personals.

Take care ladies

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Lee: Ethyn cant be on the average line at 4 months. Mason is just on the average line and he was 7.3kg at SIX months??

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Hi Danni
You had me worried!! I just checked my paperwork, definitely just above the 50th line, I wonder if its different state to state with the figures. Yeah it must be, I just looked at 7.3kg at 6 months and its under the 50th line.

Thanks lulu and tan, just annoys me thats all!! I mean he's still in 000 as well, plus a couple of outfits that are actually a 0000

Happy half birthday to Julian!!! :dance: :dance:

Just wanted to say hi! Been quite busy with a few things so haven't had the time to catch up again! Blake says hi to all yummy mummy's and bubs!

I'll be back later tonight or tomorrow and catch up with some personals cause I'm getting ready to go out for dinner for our 2nd wedding anniversay. Livvy is being baby sat by some great friends of ours. I don't know who is more excited. Me and Dave for getting out without our gorgeous Livvy for an hour or two or our friends who can't wait to baby sit. They have texted me for the last 3 days confirming tonight. It's so cute. I've got everything crossed she is good for them.
Better dash and finish getting ready. I might even shave my legs, shock horror!!
Have a great night ladies,
Luv Dan.

Dan :lol: at the legs - you go girl , maybe you can break another bed!!! Heehee -sorry couldn't resist!! Have a great night gorgeous!!

Hi, do you all mind if I join in? I'm Megs, mummy to Jack born 5 weeks prem on 13th May, 2007 (Mother's day ) :)

Hi Megs - of course you can join our group!! Welcome and how great that Jack was born on Mothers Day!! Looking forward to getting to know you! Which state are you in??

I'm in Melbourne :D

Well, welcome fellow Melbournite!! Hee hee! Hey we are having May Melbourne Mums Meet up on the 9th December at Williamstown if you would like to join us!! I need to read back and find Kristens post because I keep forgetting times etc but would love to meet you if you are interested.

That would be fantastic! :D I'm Western suburbs so Williamstown isn't too far away and I'm always lookign to meet new mums and bubs! :D

Hello Gorgeous Mummies!!!

Just a quick one to say hi and welcome Megs!! We've got quite the little (or should I say big) group now, it's just wonderful!! I'm loving it but don't expect me to keep up!!!!

Luke has been so wonderful for us today, just a really happy little boy, it's just gorgeous. Now if only we could make that happen every day - LOL!!! We've had the best little giggles today, he's lauging soooo much now, it's adorable. When he gets all giggly, I don't even have to do anything, he just keeps laughing, so much so that he can hardly breathe, it's just the cutest thing ever. I get tears in my eyes EVERY single time it happens. His sleeping is going great still too - I only had to get up for him twice last night, just before 3am but only to settle him. I haven't had to feed him at night for over a week, it's wonderful. He's completely waking at about 5.30am though, which is a bit of a bugger but whatever!! I'm still having trouble sleeping though but mainly because DH has been really busy getting a massive Uni assignment done - last night he got home at 1.30am!!! So, if it's not Luke waking me is DH!! I can't wait until this unit has finished for him - only a week to go until the exam!!

Anyway must get going, I'm really tired again for some reason so off to bed early. I'm having a little belated party tomorrow afternoon/night for my 30th, so that should be nice to get everyone together. We're having it at my Mum's so I don't have to worry about getting the house all ready and cleaning up afterwards - yay!!! Might even have a few champas to celebrate!!!

Take care.

Kelly xxxx

Far out...it's so hard to keep up! Lol.

Has there been a QLD meet up?? Or just the Melbourne one??

Dan i hope your anniversary dinner went well ;)

Hello to Megs :) Hope to chat with you more...

Argh, Khai is coming last in that comp :( Sniffle. And not JUST coming last, by about 30 votes. Sigh. I could have chosen a cuter pic tho!

This heat is KILLING me! I wish i had a pool...or at least knew someone with a pool! I just want to melt. I'm going to jump in a cold bath!

I'll be back later!

Hey there girls!

I've been busy etc and very very tired and not able to come in and talk to you all for such a long time.

Briefly here is where we are:
- Baby Leo is now waking every hour of the night and requiring feeding. He also still doesn't sleep really in the day. I am very tired and resigned to co-sleeping now
-Baby Leo is still exclusively breastfed. We are starting solids after 6 months.
-Baby Leo is nearly 9kgs and in size 0-1
- He is now in full time cloth nappies, it's been fun!
- HE IS SITTING ON HIS OWN!! He has been since 4 and a half months, he doens't hardly topple over either now, just sits totally unsupported.
-He grabs everything, feet, willy, signs off shelves in shops, bits of leaves off trees, etc. He picks everything up that he can reach. Scary, too early for my liking.
- Did I mention I am tired? He won't sleep! It's been this bad for around 2 months really. This night thing though 8-9 times a night then awake permanently at 6am is wearing me down.

I must go back and read where you girls all are and your bubbas. I'm just so tired and I must try and sleep now.